Cooking utensil.



H. s. VAN PATTEN.

COOKING UTENSIL.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 26, 1908.

Patented Nov. 17, 1908.

Zl/a'iwesses.

HORACE S. VAN PATTEN, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

.cooxme U'IENSIL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 17, 1908.. A

Application filed June 26, 1908. SerialNo. 440,566.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Horace S. VAN PAT- TEN, of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cooking Utensils, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to certain improvements in cooking utensils and refers more particularly to a broiling device adapted to be used in connection with any suitable heater, preferably a gas burner, for broiling steaks and other meats, although it is equally applicable for toasting bread and for treating other edibles in which it is desired to apply the heat simultaneously and. uniformly to both sides ,of the article to be broiled, roasted or toasted.

The object is to divert or distribute the heat uniformly and simultaneously against both sides of the article to be broiled, roasted or toasted whereby such article may be more expeditiously and uniformly cooked to the desired degree and at the, same time. to provide means for collecting and carrying off the drip or moisture from such articles.

Another object is to prevent-as far as 1 practicable the escape of moist'vapor, smoke and accompanying odors into the room in which the heater and broiler are located.

A further object is to provide means whereby the attendant may readily observe the broiling or toasting process without removing or otherwise disturbing the recep-' tacle for the article being broiled or toasted.

A still further object is to prevent ignition of the inflammable fats or oils which may escape from the meats during the process of broiling. I

. Other objects and uses relating to specific parts of the device will be brought out in the following description.

In the drawingsFigures 1 and 2 are longitudinal and transverse vertical sectional views of a broiling device embodyingthe various features of my invention. Fig. 3 is an enlarged top plan of a portion of the top of the broiler seen in Figs. 1 and 2 showing the slotted overlapping flan es for receiving the portions of the handle of the steak holder.

For convenience and brevity of description, the devicewill be hereafter termed a meat broiler with the understanding that sides thereof.

it is equally applicable for roasting and toasting bread and other edibles.

As shown in the drawings, this broiler comprises essentially a sheet metal-shell composed of upwardly tapering sides -1 and 2--, vertical end pieces 3 and top flanges 4'and '5 constituting a neat,

light and compact receptacle which is easily portable and adapted to receive a steak or meat holder -6 of the usual well known wire construction. This shell or receptacle is shallow transversely as compared with its length but gradually diminishes in width from the bottom upward so that its upwardly tapering front and rear sides will serve as deflecting plates to divert the'heat from the sides toward the center of the shell where the steak or other meats are designed to'be supported in a manner hereinafter described. The lower end of the shell or receptacle is open and of sufficient area to cap or cover the heater as the burner 7 of the gas range or plate.

A drip conduit or trough -8 is secured centrally within the shell some distance above its bottom and extends lengthwise thereof from endto end in an inclined plane to carry off the drip or moisture which may be precipitated during the process of broiling a steak or other meat, said trough being preferably secured at one end to one of the ends 3 of the shell while its opposite end extends some distance beyond the opposite side of the shell through a suitable opening 10-. This conduit is preferably made of sheet metal concavo-convex in cross section with its concave side uppermost and is of less transverse width than the distance between the sides -l and --2 at the plane in which the conduit is located so as to allow the flame or heated products of combustion topass upwardly around the The meat holder '6' may be of any well known grid-construction usually consisting of two wire grids hinged together at their lower ends and terminating at their upper ends in suitable handles l1 which are locked together by a wire ring or loop l2-.

The greater portion of the front side of the shell of the broiler is movable and .constitutes a door 13 hinged at its lower endat -14c to a fixed portion 15 whileits upper end is provided with the horizontal rearwardly projecting flange 5- lapping in this instance upon the upper face of the horizontal inwardly projecting flange 4;- on the rear side -1 of the shell so as to confine as far as possible in operative position against lateral movement. This meat holder is first placed within the shell through the opening formed when the door 13' is, opened and its lower end is supported upon the upper face of the conduit 8, which holds it against downward movement, portions of the handle 1l being inserted into the slots of the flange 4- while the remaining portions of said handle project some distance above said flange to the exterior of the shell where they are protected from overheating thus permitting the operator to handle the meat holder without liability of injury by burning.

When the meat holder is supported centrally upon the drip conduit 8 in the manner just described, the door 13 is closed causing the slots of its flange 5 to register with those in the flange for receiving the adjacent portions of the handles ll.

The .drip conduit 8- is protected against overheating by a suitable shield 17- of asbestos or other heat insulating material which is held in place against the under. side of the conduit by a retaining plate 18- of sheet metal, the latter being secured to the lengthwise edges of the drip conduit 8- by any suitable form of seam or other attaching means. As a further means of protecting the drip conduit 8 against overheating, I provide an additional baflle plate 19 also of sheet metal located some distance below the lower side of the retainer plate 18- leaving an intervening air space between the plates 18 and 19 for the circulation of air therethrough, said plate 19- bein secured at its ends to the opposite ends of t e shell as clearl shown in Fig. 1. This plate 19- is a so of less transverse width than the interior width of the adjacent portion of the shell from material. a

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my eoaasa the shell, which in turn deflect the flame or heat inwardly toward the center of the shell and against opposite sides of themeat which may be retained in the holder -6--.

in order that the entire device may be easily handled or carried from place to place, the front and rear side are provided with suitable handles --20 and 21-, the latter serving also as means for openin and closing the door 13 which 15 lunged preferably in a plane below the drip eonduit -,8 so that at any time the entire sur-i face of the stake-in the broiler may be'observed. v

What claim is:

1. In a cooking utensil of the type described a sheet metal shell comprising side and end walls, the side walls being arranged at an incline to the vertical and converging towards each other at their upper ends, and 7 each having an inwardly projecting slotted flange at said upper end, the flanges'overlapping and'the slots in one flange registerin with the slots in the other flange, one of said side walls being in two parts hinged together, an inclined drip trough mounted within the shell and pro ecting beyond one end of the latter, said drip trough having its longitudinal edges spaced awa from the side walls of the shell, a heat reslsting shield inclosing the base ofsaid drip trough, and a concave-convex bafile plate supported by the end walls of the shell and disposed beneath the drip trough with its lon 'tudinal edges spaced away from the side wa ls of the shell.

2. In a cooking utensil of the character described, a sheet metal shell open at its lower end and substantially closed at its 11 per end, said shell comprising side walls an end walls, the side walls inclining from their lower edge to their upper edge, and each provided at their upper edge witli'an inwardly projectin slotted flange, the flange of one wall over a pin in registry, one of said side walls being in two parts hinged to ether, and an inclined.

drip trough mounte within the shell with one end projecting beyond one end of the its longi-' hand this 23d day of June 1908.

HORACE S. VAN PATTEN.

Witnesses:

H. E. Crmsn, CAROLINE McCoR uAcK.

a lining of heat resisting the flange of the 7 other wall and the s ots in said flanges being 

